{"product_id":"9781429838276-pulp-fiction-of-the-1920s-and-1930s","title":"Pulp Fiction of the 1920s and 1930s","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eExplores the \"\"weird\"\" and diverse fiction of popular pulp writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, Clark Ashton Smith, A. Merritt, as well as pulp magazines such as \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom their origin at the end of the nineteenth century to their decline in the 1950s, \"\"pulp\"\" magazines entertained the masses with lurid stories in such genres as adventure, Western, romance, crime, fantasy, horror, and science fiction. Notable publications, such as \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e, also served as apprenticeships for many new writers, including H.P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and Clark Ashton Smith.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis volume in the \u003cem\u003eCritical Insights\u003c\/em\u003e series presents a variety of new essays on the topic of popular pulp fiction and writers of the 1920s and 1930s, focusing on those major contributors to the \u003cem\u003eWeird Tales\u003c\/em\u003e school, which not only included Lovecraft, Howard, and Smith, but also Seabury Quinn, C.L. Moore, Robert Bloch, August Derleth, and others. For readers who are studying pulp fiction for the first time, four essays survey the critical conversation regarding the subject, explore its cultural and historical contexts, and offer close and comparative readings of key texts. Readers seeking a deeper understanding can then move on to other essays that explore it in depth through a variety of critical approaches. Among the contributors are S.T. Joshi, Jeffrey H. Shanks, Andrew J. Wilson, Garyn Roberts, and Richard Bleiler. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRounding out the volume are a list of literary works not mentioned in the book that concern the theme as well as a bibliography of critical sources for readers seeking to study this timeless theme in greater depth. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEach essay is 2,500 to 5,000 words in length, and all essays conclude with a list of \"\"Works Cited,\"\" along with endnotes. Finally, the volume's appendixes offer a section of useful reference resources:\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbout This Volume\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritical Context: Original Introductory Essays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCritical Readings: Original In-Depth Essays\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFurther Readings\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed Bibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDetailed Bio of the Editor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Subject Index\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57721988415862,"sku":"9781429838276","price":92.93,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41095321.jpg?v=1777530689","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781429838276-pulp-fiction-of-the-1920s-and-1930s","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}